English Explanatory Dictionary

Postel's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The design principle that software should be conservative as to its own behaviour (i.e. strictly compliant with specifications) but liberal in the behaviour it tolerates from other systems.

Word forms

Postel's law

Etymology

Named after Internet pioneer Jon Postel (1943–1998).

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